Anchiale (or Anhkiale) is in greek mythology the Titan goddess of the warmth of fire, and the wife of Hekateros

maculata from latin = stained, spotted

there are (or have been) other Anchiale maculata culture stocks from different indonesian islands in culture:

A. maculata „Seram“

A. maculata „Bacan“

Although these different culture stocks look rather similar, still they should be kept strictly seperat. They originate from different islands, and thus these populations are most probably genetically seperated since many thousands of years

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Culture History

2014 - first successful culture by Bruno Kneubuehler

2014 – distributed to other breeders as Anchiale maculata „Galela“

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Origin

eggs were collected from wild-caught females, which were found by Dmitry Telnov (Latvia) in Galela (Halmahera, Indonesia)

keep nymphs seperate from the adults. This makes it much easier to monitor their developement and they are protected from being disturbed or even harmed by the much bigger adults (like during their moults)

keep the nymphs in a cage with good ventilation, but take care that the humidity does not drop too low

a constantly wet paper towel on the floor of the cage helps raising humidity

a humidity level of about 60+ % rH (for adults) and 75+ % rH (for nymphs) seems to be fine